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The Beth Elamen Jewish cemetery, is the only Jewish graveyard in Lebanon's capital Beirut.
Beirut Jewish Civil Cemetery
– Commonwealth War Grave Commission {{coord, 33, 53, 06.78, N, 35, 30, 36.15, E, type:landmark_scale:2000, display=title Beirut Jews and Judaism in Beirut
The Beth Elamen Jewish cemetery, is the only Jewish graveyard in Lebanon's capital Beirut.
Location
The cemetery is located close to Sodeco Square in the Achrafieh district of Beirut and accessible through a gate the Damascus Road, also known as "Rue de Damas".History
The graveyard was established in 1829, when theRabbi
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Moïse Yedid Levy was buried there. In the following two centuries, more than 3,000 Lebanese Jews were buried there.
During the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) the cemetery was at the Green Line
Green Line may refer to:
Places Military and political
* Green Line (France), the German occupation line in France during World War II
* Green Line (Israel), the 1949 armistice line established between Israel and its neighbours
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of demarcation line which separated the predominantly Muslim part of West Beirut from the predominantly Christian
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East Beirut controlled. Beth Elamen was controlled far-right
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Phalanges
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of the Lebanese Front, which used land mines to keep its opponents from crossing the cemetery. Several graves were hit and damaged by rockets and shells during the conflict, but the cemetery was never hit by desecration. After the war, it was de-mined by the Lebanese Armed Forces.
See also
*Maghen Abraham Synagogue
The Maghen Abraham Synagogue ( ar, كنيس ماغين أبراهام - ''Kanīs Mā'ghīn Abrā'hām''; he, בית הכנסת מגן אברהם - ''Beth HaKenesset Magen Avraham'') is one of the main synagogues in Lebanon.
Located in the Jewi ...
* Wadi Abu Jamil
* History of the Jews in Lebanon
Footnotes and references
External links
Beirut Jewish Civil Cemetery
– Commonwealth War Grave Commission {{coord, 33, 53, 06.78, N, 35, 30, 36.15, E, type:landmark_scale:2000, display=title Beirut Jews and Judaism in Beirut